by who-shot-jr
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- There is also https://github.com/FelixKratz/JankyBorders
Bizarre that this has not been fixed by Apple, it has been an annoyance well before Tahoe. Relying on the three dots in the top left corner to see which window is on top gets frustrating.
- It might be the age thing, honestly. I'm past 30, and recently I changed my cursor coloring to bright orange/yellow because I was genuinely spending time trying to find my white cursor on all my white backgrounds (Github, some text editors, Notion, etc). I think I'll continue to adopt some of these tools since they just increase comfort and remove strain for tasks I do 100s of times a day.
- “We are all temporarily abled.”
Good reminder to make things accessible by default, for the vast majority that can benefit from it.
Tyler, I'd pay 5€ for this app btw.
by WorldPeas
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- if you do not wish to install another app, check "increase contrast" in the mac settings under accessibility>display. it will draw borders around windows and text entries. Much welcomed.
by steve_adams_86
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- It seems to work well generally, but it breaks with Ghostty. The border seems to cover around 60px (vertically) along the bottom of the window, though covers it properly horizontally. I don't see any other issues, though.
Love the name!
- Took a look at this and it feels like it is implemented using public macOS frameworks so it shouldn't break between macOS updates
My guess is that kAXWindowMovedNotification, kAXWindowResizedNotification, kAXMainWindowChangedNotification etc. are being listened to on the currently focused window using the Accessibility framework, and there is a callback which gets the latest position of the tracked window whenever it is fired, and uses that position as a reference to update the border position
The border window itself is most likely an NSWindow, which is why the tracking of the border with the target window feels quite sluggish
by treetalker
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- A similar app I really like is HazeOver, which is a configurable dimmer for everything on the screen except the front window.
https://hazeover.com/
- Always glad to see more software in the window management space, especially for MacOS.
Any reason to use this over JankyBorders? I'm using it alongside Aerospace right now and forget sometimes it isn't built-in. Kind of weird to me that after all this time this is such a sparsely implemented feature. But the combo with Aerospace works well. Only thing missing is support in Aerospace for a toggle to have a window expand to the size of it's container. Really liked that feature in Yabai, made working with multiple tiled terminals really nice
by tylerflick
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- PopOS's Cosmic DE has this baked in. I was unsure about the feature at first, but it has proved itself useful. I wonder if this will eventually be Shirlocked into macOS.
by phren0logy
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- The recent direction of MacOS has been a good excuse to try out a few new linux distros. As someone who was away from linux for a while, the degree of UI customization continues to be both amazing and a little overwhelming, but it feels more polished than before. Taking a look at Niri and hyperland, it's hard to feel satisfied with the UI of MacOS.
by alsetmusic
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- I run a tool that I like much better both in terms of not being distracting on-screen and reducing the light blasting my eyes:
https://hazeover.com
I'm not affiliated, but I love it and recommended it to friends.
by evaneykelen
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- I’m surprised this feature isn’t part of the built-in Accessibility Settings. Neat little app!
- This has been a serious problem since macOS Tahoe. Whoever signed off on the UI for Tahoe needs a serious schooling in UI/UX design principles - it's incredibly hostile to users. Not only does it make it impossible to distinguish between overlapping windows as this tool seeks to mitigate, there's many confusing UI elements and lack of contrast not to mention why it has so much padding on everything - you're left with far less usable space.
by jbverschoor
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- Insane that we need this because some people who don’t actually use macOS make decisions and implement things at Apple.
It’s probably the highest crime within Apple to state some things are not useable
- I’m using this app: BorderMe – Where’s My Window?
https://apps.apple.com/app/borderme-wheres-my-window/id67450...
Different apps on macOS use different corner radii, so I’m wondering whether the apps can use any API to get the exact window bounds in order to draw the correct corner radius.
by throw-the-towel
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- Somehow it's so cute that the name of the app is, well, a name.
- I also created a hammerspoon script to do that. Especially when you're using a tiling window manager like aerospace, it's quite useful.
https://gist.github.com/cfe84/901411ee43450e7ee0e50e88cf029f...
by satvikpendem
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- I want the opposite, I want to remove that annoying drop shadow from the active window, something that does not exist in other OS UIs like Windows. It's simply distracting to me.
- Excellent. Can you do something about the 5px wide scroll bar?
by ivanjermakov
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- Ugh, the delay between the window and border moving is crazy. About as crazy as not having this as an accessibility option.
by nothrowaways
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- 3 similar apps already! Apple and big tech UI designers should read this thread.
by Jeremy1026
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- This is great, but do wish the border followed the radius of the native window's corners.
- It seems we have come full circle back to Win 95 days...
- Just let people run sway on macOS.
- need this for my tmux panes!
by l5870uoo9y
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- Am I the only one who can't see what the problem is in that screencast? Click on the window you want to use or tab through until you find the right one.
by john-carter
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